through the back door

idiom

: in a secret or indirect way

He managed to get into the private club through the back door because he has a friend who works there.

accessing the computer security system through the back door

Examples of through the back door in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Karalis supplies his colleagues with fluorescent orange utility uniforms and stealthily leads them through the back door of the Bank Al Muraqabah, located just below Rahim’s building. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025

Republican Representative Barry Moore of Alabama left a town hall meeting through the back door on Thursday without delivering any closing remarks after being repeatedly booed and jeered by audience members. —James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

Firefighters were able to go through the back door to free her. —David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025

Yes, but that didn’t stop some employers from making her mother enter their homes through the back door. —Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025

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